Category: Civil Society
Kiwanis looking for new members
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of people, particularly children. In Belize, its youth affiliate, Circle K International is looking for new members for its calendar year which starts on April first. Its president, Rakeem Dawson, told Love News how volunteers can join its ranks. Currently the local branch [...]
Fate of SSB Chief Executive Officer still not decided
Multiple sources have indicated that the Board of directors of the Belize Social Security Board has voted to terminate the services of Chief Executive Officer Merlene Bailey Martinez and internal Auditor Denise Mahler. The two senior executives of the SSB were place on suspension last month following allegations that they used privileged information to get [...]
People’s referendum coming next week
The Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage has expressed their disappointment in the manner in which their quest to hold a referendum on offshore drilling has ended up. Coalition Coordinator Tanya Williams told Love News they will be holding their own referendum called the people’s referendum on February twenty-fourth. Voters are encouraged to keep in [...]
George Street residents suing the police and Attorney General
There was reportedly another incident involving the Gang Suppression Unit and residents of the George Street area late last week. Reports are that elements of the GSU used excessive force during the incident. Prime Minister Barrow said that there will be no tolerance for abuse of power as he goes into discussion with the Minister [...]
Orange Walk community unites for the sake of the children
The Parent Teachers Association of Carmelita Government School has plans to implement a feeding program. Here again is our Orange Walk Bureau Chief Manuela Ayuso Cantun with the story.
IDB governors meet in San Pedro
Governors of Central America and executives of the Inter American Development Bank are in San Pedro Town for the inauguration of the 26th meeting of governors in the region. Love TV’s Maria Novelo reports.
OCEANA executive says fight for referendum continues
OCEANA Belize has encountered yet another setback in their quest for a referendum on off shore drilling. As we reported on Tuesday, Governor General Sir Colville Young has turned down a request in which OCEANA Belize asked him to investigate the decision of the Chief Elections officer to reject over eight thousand signatures on the [...]
PACT announces grant funding for community projects
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust has approved just under a half a million dollars worth of grant funding for community initiatives around the country. According to a statement from PACT, the organization has awarded five organizations for projects in eight protected areas. Grant recipients include the Community Baboon Sanctuary, the Adaptive Management in the Southern [...]
Oceana VP reacts to rejection of referendum petition
The petition for a referendum on offshore oil drilling and drilling in protected areas has been turned down. According to the Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai she has completed the process of verification of the signatures submitted by Oceana-Belize and after having done so, the accepted number of signatures did not meet the requisite ten [...]
Hawksbill in distress rescued offshore Toledo
It is something that would make many dinner tables locally, but today, a group of rangers and scientists are trying to save the life of a critically injured adult Hawksbill Turtle. The marine animal, endangered in this part of the world, was discovered in waters in the southern part of the country last weekend. Our [...]
Rotary’s Gift of Life program continues
Children are the future, they say, and their health and welbeing is important. Towards this end, each year, the Rotary Club of Belize endeavors to improve the lives of nation’s little citizens – those ones at least, who are born with congenital heart disease. It is that time of year again when the Club sets [...]
Progress report on Millenium Development Goals
A report on the country’s progress made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development goals was held today in the nation’s capital. Love TV’s Marion Ali reports.
New president for COLA
The group Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action, COLA, has a new president. Giovanni Brackett was elected during the organization’s annual general membership meeting on Saturday in Belize City. This morning Brackett told Love News about his elevation to the top post after serving as COLA’s vice president. Brackett says that one of the first [...]
UNIBAM launches dignity & rights campaign
The Constitutional Challenge to section fifty three of the criminal code will inch towards a hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday, when a preliminary hearing will be held. The United Belize Advocacy Movement and Caleb Orosco took the Attorney General to court alleging that section fifty three of the Criminal Code violates his human [...]
Cleanup campaign on the coast of Punta Gorda town
The Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment, TIDE has organized a cleanup campaign for the coastline in Punta Gorda town. Roberta Pennell is the Education and Outreach manager at TIDE. According to a release from TIDE, this influx of debris along the Punta Gorda coastline is not only an eye sore, but the smell [...]
San Pedro project targets abused families
Plans to build a Family Home in San Pedro Town for abused children and families are well underway. Love TV’s Maria Novelo has the details.
Government approves purchase price for land in Harmonyville
People who applied for land at Harmonyville on the Western Highway have been offered a special price for their one-acre parcel of land. President of the Belize Grass Roots Empowerment Association, Nigel Petillo, told Love News that the Cabinet approved a cheaper purchase price for the applicants. People who have applied for lots in phases [...]
Silver lining for Holy Angels School
Earlier this month, Love News reported on a theft that occurred at Holy Angels Primary School in the Pomona Valley with no one detained into the matter up to this day. Today however, we received a call from the very excited principal of Holy Angel’s, Frances Gongora, who said it was a day of joy [...]
Minister of Health comments on San Ignacio hospital incident
Over the past two weeks, the San Ignacio Community Hospital has made the news, but not in a pleasant light. We first reported an incident when the Deputy Regional Manager, Nurse Myra Pulido called in the police to remove an on-duty doctor from the compound. Later we discovered that the doctor, Angelica Rosado, had resigned [...]
Free kidney clinics this week in Belize City
Fifty years ago, there weren’t very many cases of children being born with kidney disease. But today there are so many such cases that the World Pediatric Project and its Belize branch, have found it necessary to hold its second nephrology project for children with kidney disease. Project Manager with the World Pediatric Project, Candice [...]
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